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8. Independent Auditors
Under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, the shareholders elect the Company’s independent auditors
each year at the Annual General Meeting. Re-election is permitted.
The Company’s independent auditors are currently PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, Lausanne branch, 45,
Avenue C.F. Ramuz, P.O. Box 1172, 1001, Lausanne, Switzerland. PricewaterhouseCoopers S.A. assumed its first
audit mandate for Logitech in 1988. They were re-elected as the Company’s auditors at the Annual General Meeting
in September 2009. The responsible principal audit partner as of March 31, 2010 is Travis Randolph. For purposes
of U.S. securities law reporting, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, San Jose, California, serves as the Companys
independent registered public accounting firm.
Please refer to Logitechs Compensation Report included in its Invitation and Proxy Statement for the 2010
Annual General Meeting, available at http://ir.logitech.com, under the heading “Board Committees,” “Independent
Auditors” and “Report of the Audit Committee” for further information regarding the audit and non-audit fees
paid by Logitech to PricewaterhouseCoopers during fiscal year 2010, pre-approval policies for non-audit work by
PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the supervisory and control instruments of the Board of Directors, including the
Audit Committee of the Board, over the work and activities of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
9. Information Policy
The Company reports its financial results quarterly with an earnings press release. Quarterly financial results
are scheduled to be released as follows:
Q2FY11 Earnings Release and Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 28, 2010
Q3FY11 Earnings Release and Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 27, 2011
Q4FY11 Earnings Release and Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 28, 2011
The Company’s 2010 Annual General Meeting is to be held September 8, 2010 at the Palais de Beaulieu in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
All registered shareholders and all shareholders in the United States that hold their shares through a U.S. bank
or brokerage or other nominee receive a copy of the Logitech Annual Report and Invitation and Proxy Statement,
or a notice that such documents are available. The Annual Report contains an overview of Logitechs business in
the fiscal year, audited financial statements for the group and the Company, the Report on Corporate Governance
and other key financial and business information. The Invitation and Proxy Statement includes a description of
the matters to be acted upon at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders, a Compensation Report on executive
officer and Board member compensation, and other disclosures required under applicable Swiss and U.S. laws.
Logitech holds public conference calls after our quarterly earnings releases to discuss the results and present
an opportunity for institutional analysts to ask questions of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
Logitech also holds periodic analyst days where senior management present reviews of Logitechs business. These
events are webcast and remain available on Logitechs Investor Relations website for a period of time after the
events. Logitech senior management also regularly participates in institutional investor seminars and roadshows,
many of which are also webcast.
Our Investor Relations Web site is located at http://ir.logitech.com. We post and maintain an archive of
our earnings and other press releases, current reports, annual and quarterly reports, earnings release schedule,
information regarding annual general meetings, further information on corporate governance, and other information
regarding the Company on the Investor Relations Web site. The information we post includes, and in the future will
include, filings we make with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including reports on Forms
8-K, 10-K, 10-Q, our proxy statement related to our annual shareholdersmeeting, including our Compensation
Report on executive officer and Board member compensation, and any amendments to those reports or statements